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GLUTAMIC
Definition of GLUTAMIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin gluten (“glue”) + -amic
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLUTAMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLUTAMIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACGILMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLUTAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found GLUTAMIC?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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